English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Matridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holcombe Burnell

Historical Forms

  • Materugge 1330 SR
  • Materigge 1333 SR
  • Maderygge 1493–1500 ECP3,497
  • Madrigge 1524 SR

Etymology

'Mætta 's ridge,' v. hrycg and Martinhoe supra 65.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement